February 28, 2009 5:33 pm

Several news outlets, including the New York Daily News, are reporting that defensive tackle Rocky Bernard has inked a deal with the New York Giants. Terms have not been disclosed, but now that Bernard is officially moved on, the Seahawks may be working harder to get a deal done with Green Bay free agent defensive tackle Colin Cole.

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Gregg Bell joined The News Tribune in July 2014. Bell had been the director of writing for the University of Washington's athletic department for four years. He was the senior national sports writer in Seattle for The Associated Press from 2005-10, covering the Seahawks in their first Super Bowl season and beyond. He's also been The Sacramento Bee's beat writer on the Oakland Athletics and Raiders. The native of Steubenville, Ohio, is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and a 2000 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

I would probably take Cole. Not because I think he’s better than Canty (I don’t) but because I think he will come at a more reasonable price.

It would be nice to have Cole (330lbs) to go along with Red Bryant (325lbs). That’s a lot of beef in the middle. That will take up a lot of blocking so our LBs can make plays (and that’s not even including our best defensive tackle or defensive lineman — Mebane).

I have been totally speculating on Mora this offseason with respect to his defense and what they seem to be doing in FA — but I am excited by it. With that being said, I question the future of Craig Terrill. It doesn’t seem like that smallish DT has much of a place in Mora’s world.

“If Rocky looks like a super hero in NY it will confirm that the old D coach sucked.”

If Rocky looks like a super herio in NY it will confirm that Ruskell is a moron. Not that there’s any doubt now, but this and Morris signing elsewhere is just another phase of his purging Holmgren’s guys.

Collin Cole is a guy I mentioned on another board that I hoped Seattle would try to sign. The only thing that surprises me is that Numbskull would sign a young guy from Holmy’s old stomping grounds instead of some over-the-hill dude from Atlanta or Tampa Bay.

Rocky’s in a good position. He’s expected to be only a rotational DT to backup the Giants starters. NYG fans don’t expect anything from him because they are looking at his 4 sacks of last season. When NYG opponents are dealing with Tuck, Osi, & company, it shouldn’t surprise anyone to see Rocky getting 7+ sacks next season. Good luck to Rocky in NY, you willbe missed.

In every stat other than fumbles (which is why Holmgren benched Jones) Jones is equal to or superior than, Morris. I was shocked that Morris only scored 5 rushing TD’s his whole career in Seattle. Better than Jones? I don’t think so.

I remember Rocky grabbing his hamstring while blocking for Herndon’s pick in the Super Blow like it was yesterday. Surely not the last free agent that will walk away. The good news; hello compensation pick(s). If you’re going to get extra draft picks, it’s nice to have them during a regime change year.

That’s actually my point. At least at times in his career, Julius Jones has looked like he can be the centerpiece of a running game. For all of Morris’ positive qualities, I’ve never felt like you could build a running attack around him. Morris has always been a change of pace.

He’s had plenty of starts, with the decline of Alexander for 2 years, and while I appreciate his efforts, I’m pretty sure no one has thought they saw a upper-echelon starting RB in those games. His best attribute was his knowledge of the passing scheme, allowing him to be a reliable pass blocker and outlet receiver. If he had showed more he probably could have taken the starting job from Alexander last year (i.e. they wouldn’t have given Shaun his job back at all.)

This year’s stats are the best head-2-head comparison, and I think Jones comes out on top. The 1st month of the season, I really thought Jones looked like a centerpiece running back, and so did a lot of other people. If you look at the split stats, Morris didn’t have any month that compared to Jones’ 1st month. Morris got virtually all the carries in December, on the flip side Jones almost all the carries in September.

I forgot about the compensatory picks, that’s a good point. Realistically, should we be worried if Seattle loses a number of players from a 4-12 team (especially players who have been around for 6+ years?) I’d be more worried if we were losing players from a 12-4 team.

We don’t get the compensatory picks until next year, the 2010 draft, and the way Obama is killing the economy there may not even be an NFL season then. Obamanomics, an uncapped year, dogs and cats living together,,,!

I agree that we should look at a 3-4 alignment. Unfortunately, if you’re going to do that, Rocky is the perfect 3-4 DE. In fact, I thought we shouls have kept him and moved him to end in a rotation with Kearney and Jackson. We’d be a lot better against the run at least. Tapp looks more and more like a 3-4 OLB every day. He’s certainly not a productive DE.

We could also bring back Boulware as a 3-4 OLB. That what he always really was anyway.

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